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Paperboy

Published
May 2013
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General Fiction General Fiction
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240
Series
Paperboy Book 1

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For fan of The King's Speech and The Help comes a textured novel about a boy who stutters and the summer that changes his life.

An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he knows he'll be forced to communicate with the different customers, including a housewife who drinks too much and a retired merchant marine who seems to know just about everything.

The paper route poses challenges, but it's a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble--and puts the boy's life, as well as that of his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger.

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Dec 2014 Yearling ISBN13 9780307931511 ISBN10 030793151X
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First Edition May 2013 Delacorte ISBN13 9780385742443 ISBN10 0385742444
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May 2013 Random House ISBN13 9780375990588 ISBN10 0375990585
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Dec 2014 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606383622 ISBN10 060638362X
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May 2013 Delacorte ISBN10 B00A9ET66G
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Sep 2013 Listening Library ISBN10 B00ENM4XUY
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Mar 2014 Listening Library ISBN13 9780553397055 ISBN10 0553397052
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